Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday denied its officials connive with politicians to perpetrate electoral fraud.
The commission’s
Director of Audit, Alhaji Mustapha Kuta, who spoke in Lagos at a
training for INEC Directors on Strategic and Financial Planning, said no
INEC employees had been found culpable or prosecuted for electoral
fraud.
Kuta said, ‘‘The
commission has officials who are dedicated to its objectives. But down
the ladder, there are ad-hoc staff members who during elections are
classified as INEC employees. If anyone of them does anything inimical
to the system, it will be assumed that an INEC official did it. You
cannot rule that out.
“It is a mere rumour to say that some of the commission’s officials are corrupt.
According to him, INEC
under Prof. Attahiru Jega, is committed to ensuring that the nation’s
democratic system is firmly rooted to bring about continued free and
fair elections.
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